10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
8,995 miles

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problem #7

May 182020

Challenger

  • 99,559 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Dodge Challenger. The contact stated that the gear shifter was placed in the park position however, the vehicle started to rollaway after the brake pedal was released. The contact activated the parking brake to stop the vehicle from rolling. Additionally, while driving at various speeds, the transmission experienced hard shifts between gears. Starr motors, Inc. (2584 pruden blvd, suffolk, va 23434, (757)539-0214) was contacted and informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not subjected to a recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 99,559.

- Ahoskie, NC, USA

problem #6

Sep 192019

Challenger

  • miles
We towed our vehicle off at oursman Dodge in md last Thursday as appears there was a loud clanking sound and unsafe to drive. The service department stated that the sway bar had broken, but there was no visible signs of a collision. We purchased the vehicle roughly 5 months ago and to our knowledge, we never had a collision in the vehicle. The part is under warranty and should be able to be repaired. The dealership refused to pay it under the warranty as they couldn't determine how the part broke. The vehicle has less than 18,000 miles and again, purchased over the past 5 months. They said to call the warranty company to see if they would send a 3rd party vendor. I called them and the person in the customer service department stated that they did speak to the dealership and stated maybe the prior owner was in a collision but there was no visible damage and they really couldn't tell how the sway bar broke. He said he would send an inspector out and sometimes its unfortunate that people who had the car prior don't report things. He said he would get out there within a day and let us know how Dodge would like to proceed. He gave us a case number. We called in today to find out what the status is of the inspector as the vehicle is still at the dealership. Someone stated there were no notes of an inspector and stated the dealership denied the warrant? not sure what is going on, this is very frustrating, we are waiting on the first customer service rep to call us back to find out if an inspection was indeed set up as that was what was supposed to happen. Again, this is ridiculous. There is no damage to show a collision, we don't know how it broke and the part is covered under warranty. We work hard to pay our bills and pay our car payments. Take care of the part. If you can't tell me how it broke, then you should be able to take care of it under the warranty.

- Ellicott City, MD, USA

problem #5

Jun 102019

Challenger

  • 3,206 miles
Bought my car on May 7, 2018 brand new. It has 3206 miles, I really dont use it because it is used for pleasure/show but when I do the battery is discharged. I have had to call a total of 4 times-June, July, September, , October 2018 the battery discharged without any valid reason. In 2019 April, may the battery died again. The dealer took two weeks and finally changed the battery and reset the ibs. Hopefully this works but I needed to report it to someone. The dealer said that one reason why the battery discharges is because I dont drive it often.

- El Paso, TX, USA

problem #4

Apr 202019

Challenger

  • 30,000 miles
Takata recall: Axle on front passenger side broke while making left turn. Speed at the time was 5-10 miles.

- Jonesboro, GA, USA

problem #3

Mar 172018

Challenger

  • 2,000 miles
My radio screen constantly keeps rebooting or going on and off. Every time I hit a bump in the street or on the highway it goes off, then I hit another small bump and it comes back on. Sometimes I don't have to do a anything, just be sitting parked, and it goes out, which in turn, I can not use my backup screen cause it's not there! that makes it dangerous cause I can not see cars or pedestrians behind me. As you know, my radio screen is key to other features that I can not use because of the constant rebooting or going off and on.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

problem #2

Mar 142018

Challenger

  • 4,000 miles
Weather alerts keep popping up on my radio screen, requiring me to read them and tap on the ok button to make them go away. They are accompanied with noise/sound to get my attention. There is no option to disable these alerts and it happens multiple times while driving to work in the morning, on my lunch break, or on my ride home. They will appear while the vehicle is in motion, which in my opinion is a safety hazard. There is no way to get them to go away unless I take my eyes of the road and read and tap on the message. I contacted uconnect and they told me to contact xm to disable that service. I contacted xm and they would not disable that service or be of any help. I would really like a way to get these messages to go away. Ideally, an option in the radio to turn them off. This happens multiple times a day/week, depending on the weather. This last happened a few days ago.

- Dingmans Ferry, PA, USA

problem #1

Feb 122018

Challenger

  • 4,100 miles
The uconnect radio system is not working in the cars. As such, the system reboots the radio every 30 seconds. The radio controls the backup camera among other things. Since it continuously reboots every thirty seconds, the backup camera fails and you.cannot see people behind you. The potential for hitting pedestrians is horrible. People could be killed by this. Dodge knows about and doesn't know when it will be fixed.

- Freeport, NY, USA